RPG Review FAQ

Castle of Toran
At the meeting room, the army is upbeat after the defeat of Teo McDohl. The empire is scrambling around to get it's forces in one place, leaving smaller areas uncovered. The region of Lorimar has few troops, so Lepant has his eyes set over there.

Lorimar Fortress
Turns out, no one is here. Kasumi scouts it to make sure. A bunch of empty graves at Lorimar. Choose your party; Viktor and Cleo join up automatically. Put Mose, Meese and Maas in the party actually, for now at least.

Leave and re-enter Lorimar. Kirke the grave digger is here. Pester him so that he joins.

Warrior's Village
A scene with Hix and Tengaar as you enter. Zorak is here too and he mentions Neclord, which catches Viktor's attention. Go back to their house for the night to hear the legend of his village. Talk to Viktor at night to hear about what Neclord did to his village. Now you see why he wants revenge.

In the morning, Neclord and Zombies are here to scare you. Viktor goes out to attack him, but nothing you do can hurt Neclord. After you wake up Zorak tells you to go to Qlon Temple to find a sword that might be able to do something against Neclord.

Check out the blacksmith house in the northeast of the Warrior's Village . You will find Moose. You need Mose, Meese and Maas in your party and he will join.

Once you get Moose, teleport back to your castle and get Kirkis in your party. Fight outside the Warrior's Village for a while, with McDohl's new Hell spell this should be easy. You want Kirkis in the high 30's, then teleport back to your castle. This time teleport to the Burnt Elves Village, then walk to the Kobold Village. Rubi will now join you since Kirkis is in the high 30's.

Qlon Temple
Before you enter the Qlon Temple, get the Blue Flower Seeds, Yellow Flower Seeds and Red Flower Seeds. They are at Teien, Rikon and Warrior's Village. Now at Qlon Temple, go northeast to see the gardener Zen. Give him the seeds. He thanks you, finishes planting, and joins you. Morgan inside also joins you, and Hugo would but he is looking for a War Scroll. Search the bookshelf near Hugo for an Old Book Volume 3.

Talk to Fukien in the south part. He knows that McDohl is Starmaster. Fukien opens the path to the Qlon Cave.

Qlon Cave
Take the east path as you go north for a save point. Down the stairs in the north, then you'll be moving southeast in the next area. Take the west stairs for a Crimson Cape. East a bit then north for a room with Medicine and a Flowing Crystal. The Flowing Crystal is an improved version of the Water Crystal. Back to the fork you were just at, and go south.

In the next room, angle southeast through the wall for a Window Crystal. Bring this to Window at Warrior's Village once you're done. Back through the wall and east (going north for a Head Gear when you can). Take the northeast exit for the Old Book Volume 2. South all the way, then west for 5000 bits. North for an Escape Talisman and the exit going up.

Travel southeast and another southern wall you can walk through. This one is much harder to navigate through, you have to weave east and west slightly as you head south. Crowley is down here but he won't join you until the very end. Back to where you went through the wall, then head northeast for the War Scroll that Hugo needs.

Keep heading southeast all the way until you reach a cavern door. Enter for Medicine and a Silverlet. Follow the path north and east, taking the north cavern for a Skill Rune Piece and Mega Medicine. Continue to follow the winding path until you reach a floating sword. The Star Dragon Sword will talk to you and teleport you somewhere.

Hidden Rune Village
Back in time actually. You will see little Ted. Take the Mega Medicine in Little Ted's house. Now you see a scene with the village chief being surrounded by Windy, Neclord and Yuber. The village chief will pass over the Soul Eater to little Ted, and you are told to flee the back route. First, go back in and go south to the treasure the old lady was guarding in the south house. It is a Champion's Crystal, which prevents weaker enemies from even starting a battle with you. This is great to put on a high level character if you just want to run through any given area.

Go to the Village Chief's house and go behind it, then south to see Yuber and Neclord. They teleport away and you appear back in the center of the village. Before going up to the light in the grey temple, head to where Yuber disappeared to get the Boar Crystal.

Qlon Cave
Back in Qlon, the Star Dragon Sword joins Viktor in his quest against Neclord. Use an Escape Talisman, hopefully you have one. Talk to Hugo at Qlon Temple since you have the War Scroll. He will join, give him your Old Book's on Floor 3 of Castle Toran.

Warrior's Village
Zorak and friends are going to Neclord's Castle to get Tengaar. Hix too. Meanwhile, go to Window at the western shop and he will join since you found the Window Crystal at Qlon. He is like Melodye except Window takes your Window Settings.

Neclord's Castle
Go south of the Warrior's Village to find Neclord's Castle. Unfortunately, Hix joins your party here so it will be him, McDohl, Cleo, Viktor and two of your choosing. I like to take Tai Ho and Yam Koo or Varkas and Sydonia for their outstanding Unite attacks, but you may wish to bring magicians with a Water Rune or Lightning Rune. If you have Varkas / Sydonia or Tai Ho / Yam Koo, sharpen their weapons as much as possible to make them even stronger. Hix is more or less a wasted slot as he is only a mediocre front-line attacker. Cleo can be useful with the Fire Rune but if you don't have a healer you may wish to give her the Water Run to be the party healer, even better the Flowing Rune you just got. Neclord is a really tough boss, arguably the hardest in the game.

Upon entry, take the eastern path as you go north. A zombie will give you advice for bits, but I would ignore it. Some can help, but you have a guide so why waste the bits? Grab the useful Full Helmet though.

Take the west route to save, then go north to the balcony. Head west a ways until you can go south. There is a puzzle with four pictures in the next room. First, check all the other rooms for an Antitoxin, Medicine and Sound Setting 1. Then at the puzzle...choose the second one from the right, then the third one from the right, then the right-most picture, and finally the last picture of Neclord the demon of the night.

Another balcony to traverse. Next area, get in the southeast room for Earth Boots. West a bit for a room with Green Paint, then go in the middle room with some tombstones. Travel north to get through and up the stairs.

On this next floor, refrain from going up the stairs in the southeast. This is the battle with Neclord. First search the other rooms for an Antitoxin, Earth Rune Piece, Cape of Darkness and a Magic Rune Piece. Heal up, hopefully you still have ample rune power and Mega Medicines aplenty in your party (unless you have a dedicated healer of course).

Up the stairs is Neclord, playing piano with Tengaar the bride. The battle soon begins. You need to attack Neclord with Viktor to be able to hurt him with anyone else. However unite attacks seem to work before this. Neclord has a very powerful physical attack, but his lightning and fire attacks on all is what causes trouble. This is why a Flowing Rune on Cleo is so important, so she can cast heal-all spells for a long while. Mega Medicines are only good on one ally unless you want the entire party stalled using Mega Medicines. Anyway, Neclord's magic defense is high so high-level Lightning attacks are dwarfed a little bit, but quality unite attacks can carve him up which makes Varkas / Sydonia and Tai Ho / Yam Koo so valuable. Viktor can just use the Clone Rune while McDohl attacks or uses level 2 Soul Eater. Neclord does not have that much HP but his added defense can make the battle longer. Once defeated, Viktor gives him the finishing blow.

Alas you cannot Escape Talisman out. Watch your way out to a hero's welcome. Afterwards, Viktor wants to go out on his own after this huge burden has been lifted off his shoulders. Tengaar and Hix join you permanently after this. Time to head back to the Castle on Lake Toran with Neclord taken out.